Academy Of Tone 144: You won't believe this 57' Goldtop! - Comparing Goldtops from 500 - 200.000$

00:00:00 - Intro (Thomas plays a Peter Green inspired intro)
00:07:04 - More info about today’s guitars and Thomas’s Les Paul
00:11:11 - Who is Tony? And more Info about Thomas’s vacation and video.
00:25:45 - Thomas’s history with his Les Paul’s.
00:30:40 - Thomas plays the Les Paul Goldtop and shows what it can do.
00:36:22 - But Kirk Hammet plays a vintage Les Paul, so PAF’s should work for Metal no?.
00:40:42 - Back to the Vintage world now Thomas plays a bit more and AMP1 settings
00:43:05 - Low Gain mode explained and compared  
00:43:05 - Volume controls on the ‘57 Les Paul
00:47:52 - Tone controls on the ‘57 Les Paul
00:52:28 - Inbetween position on the ‘57 Les Paul
00:58:35 - Bridge position on the ‘57 Les Paul and Blubox 1970 and Iridium
01:02:28 - Bridge position on the ‘57 Les Paul Back to the Mercury and Blubox Silver.
01:03:28 - Thomas switches to his ‘68 Les Paul with Kloppmann pickups 
01:08:41 - And back to the ‘57
01:10:06 - And back to the ‘68
01:12:13 - Thomas switches to the “Vintage” by JHS noname Les Paul copy
01:16:50 - Thomas does a pickup swap with R-series Wilkinson pickups
01:19:40 - Jim Lill comment about pickups
01:25:13 - Thomas plays the “noname” Les Paul 
01:25:43 - Thomas switches to the ‘57
01:27:20 - Thomas switches to another Vintage Burst Les Paul with Kloppmann PUs
01:30:60 - Thomas plays the Burst Les Paul over a backing track
01:32:17 - Thomas plays the “noname” Les Paul over a backing track
01:33:32 - Thomas plays the ‘68 Les Paul over a backing track
01:30:60 - Thomas plays the ‘58 Les Paul over a backing track
01:38:30 - Thomas and Ben Granfelt at Musicproduktiv video of the custom shop guitars
01:46:23 - What about cryo tuning?
01:49:09 - Do you think '50s wiring vs modern wiring style makes a big difference?
01:53:34 - Can you show the pickup height?
01:57:28 - Video of Number1 in Hamburg, Thomas playing some vintage guitars and outro